Re: [tied] Re: *swesor - Retraction

On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:18:38 -0000, "Richard Wordingham
<richard.wordingham@...>"
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
>wrote:
>>
>> Richard:
>> >In what sense do *px'ter- and *'maxter- rhyme? (' = stress)
>
>gLeN:
>> In the same sense that French "combiner" and "retrouver" rhyme.
>
>That's far too subtle an answer. You should have pointed out that
>the protoform is *max'ter- (e.g. OE mo:dor) in which case they do
>rhyme properly.

But Greek mé:te:r. Germanic and Sanskrit may be analogical after
*p&2té:r.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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